This year I teach one Algebra I course (ninth grade) and the middle school teacher teaches another section of the same course. It's the first time I've taught the same course with someone. We also have the same plan period. Which I thought was planned but turns out it just randomly worked out that way.
She wants our course to be identical and I do too. But I decided this was the year to use a PARCC End of Year Practice Assessment as my EOC. And I decided to work on that the week before school started. I used the test to create a list of standards.
Here's the ROUGH draft:
But now she is expecting me to magically have a curriculum created to share with her...which I would love....which I don't have.
She's been asking me a lot of questions about what I teach and why I choose that order and and what does that really mean and....I realized this is the first time I've been held accountable by someone. It's the first time I've had to explain and defend my decisions. It makes me rethink my decisions. It makes me notice and wonder. It makes me feel even more behind, knowing someone is depending on me.
It's hard. I don't like it,
What year do you quit starting over from scratch?
Ha! This is going to be my 16th year of teaching and I think I practically do a complete overhaul each year. I'm tired but never bored.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, I always start over. Last year's lesson plans are a loose framework
ReplyDelete30 years down and.....never. There are always new ideas to try!
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